Summary:
ZIP code 39772, located in rural Weir, Mississippi, is home to one elementary school: Weir Elementary School, which serves grades PK through 6 with 142 students and is part of the Choctaw County Schools district.
For parents exploring this area, Weir Elementary is a very small, high-poverty school where 100% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, yet attendance is a notable bright spot — chronic absenteeism is 14.9%, well below the state rate of 23.9%. The school also has an exceptionally low student-teacher ratio of 8.5, which means more individualized attention is possible. Academically, the picture is mixed. The strongest and most consistent area is 6th grade math: in 2024–2025, 80% of 6th graders were proficient (vs. 52.9% statewide), and in 2025–2026, 66.7% were proficient (vs. 52.7% statewide). However, 4th grade English Language Arts is a persistent weakness — only 30% were proficient in 2025–2026, compared to 52.4% statewide and 70.2% in the district. Overall, the school’s unweighted average proficiency across ELA and math fell from 47.0% in 2024–2025 to 43.8% in 2025–2026, while the state average held steady around 51%.
The school’s state ranking has declined sharply, dropping from 124th out of 390 (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024 to 237th out of 377 (37th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026. This is especially striking because the Choctaw County Schools district itself ranks in the top quartile of Mississippi districts (36th out of 134, 4 stars), meaning Weir Elementary is significantly underperforming relative to other schools in its own district. Because the school is so small, year-to-year swings like 3rd grade ELA jumping from 25% to 50% or 5th grade math dropping from 50% to 35% should be interpreted cautiously. Parents should monitor individual grade-level cohorts over time, but the overall trend suggests the school is losing ground despite strong attendance and a low student-teacher ratio.
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